Match packet



OCI. 31, 1933. R, S. PULLEN v1,933,509

MATCH PACKET Filed OCC. 19, 1931 Patented Unt.A 31, 1933 UNITED A 1,933,509 MATCH PACKET' Rodney S; Pullen, Akron, Ohiopassignor to Pullenlite Company, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application october 19, 1931.

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` 6 Claims.

My invention relates to match packets in which the matches are ignited during their longitudinal Withdrawal from the packet, stick-end foremost and the matches in thepacket threading spaced rows of perforations of a Wrap, the invention being more particularly directed to the Wrap of a' match packet of the character indicated.

In this type of match packet a short flap ad .jacent one row of perforations folds down against the exposed match portions intermediate the threaded rows and a long flap adjacent the other row of perforations folds down over 'the short flap, thence around the and up against the portion of the wrap intermediate the perforations with the Wrap fastened in folded position.

The perforations ofthe row adjacent the short iiap'are desirably star cuts, the petiticoats thereof separating or spreading by the insertion of the matches which are entered stick-end foremost. The row of perforations adjacent the long nap are normally round holes, and the present 'i'n-I vention is directed to a modifying improvement lof the Wrap at a portion thereof near this row of perforations adjacent the long flap. For the purpose of more easy identication I herein call the the holes of the row of holes toward the stick perforations adjacent the long iiap the sticky end or forwardperforations of the Wrap and the perforations adjacent the short flap the head end or rearward perforations of the Wrap.

It will be understood that in the finished packets the Wrap inner folds present strips of ignitionl material on both sidesof the matches and adjacent the normally round-cut holes, a matchigniting as `its head passes between these strips immediately before reaching lthe round hole perforation.

rThe star perforations through which the Vheads must first pass are intended to offer considerable resistance to the Withdrawal movement of the match in order that a user may involuntarily pull out the match with considerable velocity, but I find resistance at It has sometimes happened that a user has failed to fully withdrawamatch at a rst attempt, letting the fingers when the match head engages the round-cut perforation.

Wrap at the When this has happenedQthe match head having passed through the strips of ignition mateprojecting matchheads s the round holes is undesirable.

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rial has been already ignited before the fingers of the user have slipped from the match shankl and theignition has resulted ina burning up of the ignition material of adjacent matchesl and possibly even in an igniting of the Whole packet of the matches although this has been unusual.

This condition is partially 'incident to the fact s that match heads VaryA considerably in size, soy

heads of average size offeran abnormally high resistance to thep'assage'of heads of abnormally largesize. v Y

A purpose of the present invention is to elimi-` nate or greatly 'reduce the resistance` offered to the match head by reason ofthe round cut hole through which the match must pass during With-` dravval. .v f, y A further purpose is to weaken a portion of the `W`rap longitudinally of the matches and of the Wrap adjacent the stick Aend holes, preferably upon thev side thereof that in the finished packet is adjacent the turned up portion ofthe long` flap and' optionally upon the other side thereof or/'and upon `both sides thereof.

V A further purpose is to avoid or reduce theV stresses upon the Wrap at points intermediate end of thepacket y that round-cut holes that readilyA pass match of the Wrap adaptingthe portions of the Wrap rearwardly adjacent the holes to yield to accommodate strains upon the Wrap portions intermediatethe holes.

A further purpose is to` avoid any danger of local ruptures betweensuccessive holes of a row by means of local ruptures extending from the holes in a direction transverse to the row. f

A further purpose-.is to secure an adaptation to easy rupture from' individual holes of the Wrap in `a direction `transverse to the rovv and by thethreading of matches through theholes and without materially lessening an adaptation ofl` the Wrap toresist a transverse elongatingof the holes when folding the Wrap to its match receiving position. y

` Further purposes vvill lappear inthe specication and in the claims.

I have elected toshow one main form only of) my invention, showing however a few only of the modifications thereof with respect to a detail.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a match packet embodying a desirable form of my inventon.

Figure 2 is a view of the packet of Figure 1 turned reversely as compared to the position of Figure 1 and having a wrap portion broken away at the rear of the packet.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the wrap of Figures 1 and 2 with the long flap broken away to disclose the stick end connections between the matches and wrap.

Figure i is a vertical section of the structure of Figure 3 taken upon the line i-Ji thereof.

Figure 5 is a view corresponding to Figure i except that the forward match in Figure 4 has been withdrawn disclosing the next match and the head end and stick end vwrap perforations from which the rst match has been withdrawn.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of a wrap unfolded.

Figure 7 is a view corresponding generally to Figure 6 but illustrating that the wrap may be weakened upon both sides of the stick end row of perforations and also illustrating that the character of weakening may be widely varied;

Figure 8 isa view corresponding generally to Figure S'except that the wrap has been fastened in folded position in a different way from that used in the structure vof Figure 3.

Figure 9 is a rear perspective view, having a wrap partly broken away at 'the rear of ythe structure shown in Figure 8. c

Like numerals refer to like parts in all figures.

vDescribing in illustration and not in limitation and referring to the drawing:-

Typical wrap blanks of a match packet of the typeto which the present invention is directed are intended to be illustrated in Figures 6 and 7, these gures including however in slightly different forms added features that embody the present invention.

The Figures 6 and 7 show wrap blanks, herein called cards or wraps, that are alike except with respect toy the features relating tothe present invention,` and in both views' the inside faces of the blanksor cards, are presented toward the beholder. Each card is assembled with matches and one or more metal fasteners to form a finished packet.

The outside, or in the figures the under'face of the card,.is scored at the klines 10, 1l, 12, 13, 14, and 15, and the inside or upper face is coated with ignition'material over the areas 15 and 17' and the card is provided with a transverse row of petticoated holes 18 between the scorevlines 14 and 15 and a second transverse row of holes 19 between the score lines l2 and 13, the latter holes being preerablyfcleancut and round.

The petticoats of successive petticoated holes 18 are preferably relatively staggered in. order to increase the` distance between the radial cuts of one hole vand the' corresponding cuts of the adjacent holes and to thereby avoid weakening the card along the row of petticoated' holes.

The present invention is directed to the provision of means'for avoiding danger of incipient tearings of the wrap at the individualclean-cut holes 19 during the insertion of the matches and between the holes in a direction along the row. Such incipient tearings occasionally occur in asse'mblingthe packets of the prior art and with a very undesirable weakening of the wrap at portions thereof along the row or" clean-cut holes l9.

I accomplish the desired result by weakening the wrap adjacent the holes laterally of the row of holes as at each hole 19 laterally of the row' toward the short ap end of the wrap or/and laterally of the row toward the long ilap end of the wrap.

In Figure 6 this weakening has been accomplished by short score lines 20 cut approximately normal to the alineinent of the row and approximately tangentially from each hole toward the short flap portion 2l of the wrap.

When assembling the wrap and matches into a packet the blank is folded up along the lines 13 and l-i .so that the holes of both rows are vertical and matches 22, stick-end forward, are then threaded iirst through the petticoated holes 18 and then through the clean-cut holes i9, the match heads usually seating in the inwardly deflected petticoats as seen at 18', Figures 4 and 5.

The short iiap 2l is then folded down along the score line 15-upon the inserted matches and the long lap 23 is then folded down over the short flap, down around the projecting match heads and up against the portion of the wrap intermediate the perforations, the wrap being fastened in folded position in any suitable way, as by staples 24, Figures l to 3, or a bale 25, Figures 8 and 9.

It' has been found that match packets of this type of the prior art sometimes tear during the insertion of the matches at the round holes in a direction from hole to hole, the result having been a weakening of the wrap along the row of the round holes 19 and in consequence there have been occasional failures of match ignition during withdrawal, doubtless by reason of the lessened pressure between the head of the match during the withdrawal and the ignition surfaces 16 and 17 between which the match head passes through the match withdrawal.

I have discovered that danger of tearing the wrap at points between the holes during the insertion of the matches may be avoided by weakening the wrap adjacent the holes laterallyof the row, on one or other or both sides thereof away from the row so that any incipient tearings take place transversely of the row instead of perhaps along the row. K

While obviously different ways may be usedfor securing the weakening of the wrap at the holes laterally of the row of holes and while I have found that any one of the several dil-ferent weakening methods may be preferable to any of the others under suitably different special circumstances,

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' that it may sometimes be more desirable to Weakk short distances When the weakening is on the side of the row -f toward the short flap end of the wrap any incipient tearings incident to this weakening is hiddenby the end portion 26 of the long ilap in the finished packet, the iinished packet presenting from the front an appearance of clean-cut holes as' illustrated at 2*? in Figures 1. 4 and 5 while directly'back of the individual matches and between the extended match sticks an-d the outer iss portion 26 of the long ap the wrap Vmay be incipientlyv torn Aor ruptured at 28 to projectoutwardly or upwardly back of the matches somewhat as indicated at 29, these outward projeck -las indicated at 33, the folded or theftines 'being thus closely'adjacent the body of I the-wrap at the holesvla'terally of the row by the `short slits o'r score lines 20 fromy the holes 19,

making the slits or scorings 20 nearly lthrough the wrap but not quite through the wrap and usually have preferred to make these heavy score lines extend tangentially away fromthe holes and approximately parallel tothe wrap sides. y

Twolslits'or score lines from near opposite sides of eachof'the holes appear to be better than single slits from the` middles vvof the `respective holes,y

Ekcept for the desirability of hiding in the iinished packet any incipient tearings of the wrap at theholes; 19, the slits or score lines 2O may be upon both sides of the row.

These slits or score lines extendv tangentially from the holes; may or may not extend parallel to the length of the wraps; and may or may not go all the way through the paper. t

If the slits or scorings from the `individual holes flare away from the holes as indicated in Figure 7` they preferably should not be cut through the paper, in that flaring the slits away from one another at the individual. holes as indicated in Figure 25; '7 may bring the slits of adjacent holes so near together as to unduly weaken the wrap if the slits go clear through the wrap. For this reason it may often be more desirable to make the slits y flare toward the holes rather than away from the holes, an-deven then it maybe better not to slit all the'way through the wrap. e

I have found that slitting or scoring away'from the holes transversely to the rowis much better.,

than elongating the holes transversely tothe hole. When the holes are elongated transversely to the length of the row, the wrap has a tendency to draw together during the assembly, particularly when the long ap is turned upright.

The result may then be loss in proper registry with the 'incoming matches and a greater tenl dency for tearing the portions of the wrap in the row and between the holes. t

The'slits or scorelines 20 do not materially weaken the strength of the wrap against compression stresses in a direction tending to narrow the width of the wrap at the row, and as a consequence the slitting or scoring makes no materialy folded position in any suitable way. In Figures l, 2 and 3 this fastening has been shown as comprising vstaples 24 which are outside of and parallel to the end matches of the packet and go all the way through the packet.

In Figures `8 and' 9 the fastening is illustrated as a long bale or staple` 25 transverse to the matches. This bale has abody portion 30 that extends across the short ilap 2l that fronts the matches the long flap, the staple being inserted beforeturning down the long iiap which is turned down on to the staple body 30 and the underlying short flap and thence down around the match heads and up against the other side of the packet.y n' as already described.

The tines 31 of the bale pass through the long flap, suitably through slits 32 thereof, vas the long flap is being folded around toits iinal position,

after which the tines are preferably bentoutwardly around the edges of the packet to clinch on the outside of the short flap and under the long-flap clinched ends of thusmay or may not the staple. y

In'view of my, invention and disclosure variations and modifications to meet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become' evident to others skilled inthe art, to obtainall or part of the benets of my invention'without copying the structure shown,r and I, therefore, claim all such in so far as they fall within the reasonable spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described. my invention, what I claim. as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;l t. 1

1. A wrap for a match packet of the characterv indicated- .and havingspaced transverse rows` of holesjand portions' along one side of one vof the rows laterally adjacent the holes' weakened -and the said warp having strips of ignition ma-v terial one strip adjacent the short flap end of the wrap andthe other strip overlapping the said weakenedv portions along the said one row.

2. A kwrap for a match packet having a packet wall transverse to the match length located nearl the stick ends of the matches and having a row of clear. holes in it to pass the match sticks, the walls to rthe side of the row of holes being Weak-v ened'to permit lateral breaking out and the walls between the holes of the row having full strength.

v3. A wrap for a match packet of the type which `lights the matches during withdrawal from the packet having a rst transverse row of spaced holes whose walls are adapted to engage the matches near their head ends and retard the maches during withdrawal from the packet and having a second transverse row of spaced holes at a distance from the rst row longitudinally of the wrap, adapted to pass the matches near their stick ends and having walls free from retarding engagement withthe match sticks and weakened to relieve the pull required by the user after the .match has been struck and before the match head has been withdrawn from the packet.

4, A wrap for a match packet of the type which lights the matches during rwithdrawal from the` packet having a rst transverse row of spaced holes whose walls are adapted lto engage the,

matches near their head ends and retard theA matches during withdrawal from'the packet and having va second transverse row of spaced holes at a distance from the first row-longitudinally vof the wrap, adapted to pass'the matches near their stick ends and having walls free from rev ytarding engagement withthe match sticks, weakened in a direction longitudinal of the wrap to relieve the pull of the user after the match has*` been struck and before the match head has been withdrawn from the packet and yhaving yunweakened walls between each hole and the next hole on either side in the row of holes.

5. A match packet comprising a wrap folded upon itself to form a match-head compartment, a match-striking compartment, a partition wall between `the match-head and match-'striking compartments, a wall at the stick-end of the match-striking compartment and side walls of the packet, a row of matches having that heads in the match-head compartment and their stick ends extending through the match-striking compartment passing through openings in the partition' wall between the match-head compartment and the match-striking compartment, the walls of which partition wall openings engage land retard the matches,` and passing through openings in the wall at the stick-end of the match-striking compartment, the edges of the stick-end wall openings being free from retarding engagement with the match sticks and being weakened to relieve the pressure upon the matches after the match headshave been ignited and before they have been Withdrawn from the packet, and

yin the maten-head compartment and their stick ends extending through the matchfstrikng compartment passing through openings in the partition Wall between the match-head compartment and the matchtrikng compartment; the. walls of which partition wail Openings engage and retard the matches, and passing through openings in the wall at the stick-end of the match-Strikina compartment, the edges of the stickend wall openings being free from retarding engagement with the match sticks andvbeing .weakened in a;y

direction transversely of thcrow of :matches and unweakened between adjoining matchesI and match-striking materialen ari-inner wall ofthe match-striking compartment, adapted to strike the matches duringwithdrawal. c 1 i 'RODNEY s. PULLN. 

